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What is your working environment like? I'm currently at my 3rd CMM job and had very different settings for each of them.

My first CMM job was in a high volume manufacturing environment. I worked in a small climate controlled box in the middle of a large machine shop. It was the customary fishbowl setting with lots of windows in the box for everyone to watch me work. The box was just a little too small for all the work that went through it, so it was always a mess. It wasn't the most comfortable setting, but on hot summer days I sure preferred it to being on the shop floor (no AC).

My second CMM job was in a mold manufacturing shop. I worked at two CMMs side by side right on the shop floor. It was a pretty clean shop with lots of ventilation on the machines, so I didn't have any problems with the air bearings getting gummed up or anything like that. All the machines near me were doing finishing ops like grinding and EDMing so it wasn't too noisy. It was an ok setting. The whole shop was climate controlled so that was quite nice.

Now I work at a company that makes various aerospace parts. I do most of my work at a desk in a large open office. There is a CMM in the room adjacent to me and two other CMMs in a separate building. It is nice to work at a desk in an office, but the open office setting isn't always great for concentrating. Also, I'm an introvert, so I'd be happiest hidden away in a darkened corner. It can sometimes be a pain to work a whole building away from two of the CMMs I work with, especially when it is snowing in the winter, but for the most part it is a pretty sweet arrangement.

How about y'all?
What is your work area like?
Do you have any past settings you loved or hated?
  • I moved from in-house tool calibration to a CMM programmer in 2015 when we bought our first CMM. We now have 7 CMMs (all Hex) and 1 Optiv. All but 1 CMM run in production cells. I have a co-worker that just recently promoted to by my equal and runs the large CMM at our other shop down the road. Most the time I program offline in my office and then move to the physical CMM to prove out. Since only I program here, all software mistakes are mine and I learned a lot. I also troubleshoot any hardware issues, clean probes and scales and such. I design and 3D print fixtures for the CMMs too. I have a lot of freedom to purchase styli, probe modules....basically what ever it takes to keep them running. Shop has AC but when its hot outside, its hot in the shop and vice versa when its cold. Not much to complain about personnel wise. I'm also working on building enclosures to help keep the dust and dirt off. Maybe it will help me with the cleanliness of the scales.

    Just recently joined the robotics implementation team. We had "auditions" by creating a arduino or raspberry pi project. Hoping to get a CMM in here with a automation controller.
  • in reply to acgarcia
    I don't get to bothered when it comes to how to create a program. Each work of art usually consists of checking tight, tolerances, medium tolerances, and any other dimensions that are either hard to measure or can only be measured on a CMM. Sometimes I'll get called into a manager meeting and we'll go over in detail whats be checked on our high seller parts just to make sure everything is ok. I suppose when they tell customers the parts are CMM'd they need to elaborate a little and know some of our inspection capabilities....

    We had 1 customer that would only purchase from us as long as we could provide a CMM report. Huge contract. Luckily the part fit in our large CMM.
  • Currently in the fishbowl.

    1st programming job was a huge production shop for large aerospace bulkheads and I worked alongside 3 other programmers. I really cut my teeth there and owe a lot of my early knowledge to one of my programming mentors that I worked with there.

    2nd programming job was at an OME medical device company that was basically the quiet corner with a CMM and virtually no supervision. I hated that job a lot

    3rd programming job is where I am now. it is a fast paced job shop. Very different from large production parts. The fish bowl is unfortunate but oh well!
  • This is my first work with CMM, a person who no longer works here gave me a direction, and then I learned a lot by reading manuals, by trial and error, and of course thanks to this forum and the invaluable knowledge that can be found here.
    But in fact, I work here not only as a CMM programmer. Our laboratory employs 3 people in each shift, one. We are also engaged in metallography analysis, measuring the hardness of metals on various hardness testers, calibrating a bunch of other measuring instruments that are used in production, and of course writing programs and measuring on CMM. I learned a lot here and it is really interesting to me. Thanks to this, I began to understand the geometry, drawings, brands and hardness of metals, types and analysis of the microstructure of metals, the operation of measuring instruments and even a heap of everything that relates to quality control in production.
    In general, I really like the fact that I am here alone all day, although I am not an introvert, but this way I work much more relaxed. Although many people love to be in our laboratory because it is quiet here and cool in summer. In general, my colleagues and I try to maintain an atmosphere of comfort here.
    The most interesting thing is that for the first time in my life I can say that I love my job and I enjoy being here.
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